Places to visit around Fair Moor, from Morpeth Castle
What there is to see lies just outside: 3 places within 5 km of its edge. On the list: 2 castles and a museum, among others. Travel 26 km and you reach Alnwick Castle.
Top of the list around Fair Moor
Close behind Morpeth Castle are a castle and a museum.
CastleMorpeth Castle2.1 km outside town, to the southeast
CastleMitford Castle2.1 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumMorpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum1.9 km outside town, to the southeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped around Fair Moor
Beyond the town, the 3 nearby are mostly to the southeast.
The dashed line is Fair Moor’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
What kind of places
The biggest group is castles or historic places, with 2 of the 3.
Green: inside Fair Moor. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything to see
Look within 5 km of its edge for all 3 places listed.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
Worth the drive
Of the 12 day trips, Alnwick Castle (26 km) is the best known.
CastleAlnwick Castle26 km north
Castle · English HeritageWarkworth Castle19 km north
CastleBothal Castle5.8 km east
MuseumTurbinia25 km southHistoric houseHistoric house · English HeritageBelsay Castle14 km southwest
Historic house · National TrustCragside18 km northwest
CathedralNewcastle Cathedral25 km south
Castle · English HeritageDunstanburgh Castle35 km north
MuseumBeamish Museum33 km south · 350K visitors a year
CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle25 km south
Abbey or priory · English HeritageMonkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey37 km southeast
Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock24 km south · 638K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Fair Moor (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
What people ask about Fair Moor
What is there to see near Fair Moor?
No attraction is mapped inside Fair Moor itself. Within 5 km of it are Morpeth Castle, Mitford Castle and Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum.
Does Fair Moor have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Fair Moor: Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Fair Moor?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Warkworth Castle (English Heritage), 19 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Fair Moor?
Within 40 km: Alnwick Castle (26 km), Warkworth Castle (19 km), Bothal Castle (5.8 km), Turbinia (25 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Fair Moor when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (14)
- Morpeth Castle: C G Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mitford Castle: Pat Pierpoint, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum: The original uploader was Tzdelski at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alnwick Castle: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Warkworth Castle: Draco2008 from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bothal Castle: DRomley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Turbinia: Alfred John West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cragside: Glen Bowman from Newcastle, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newcastle Cathedral: The original uploader was Soloist at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunstanburgh Castle: mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beamish Museum: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newcastle upon Tyne Castle: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey: R J McNaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Great North Museum: Hancock: TubularWorld, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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